SuburbanDaddy

File this under hard to believe. A manager at a Burger King in St Louis told a family they had to leave because their 6 month old wasn’t wearing shoes! The baby couldn’t walk or even crawl. To borrow from John McEnroe, you have got to be kidding me.
A possible violation of [...]

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Partly because he’s at that age, and partly because it’s his temperament, Thing 3 cries a lot.   Here’s a rundown of a typical weekday morning, as I try to get them to school and me to work.  In between all the crying he’s generally pretty happy and playful.  And the crying doesn’t last long, only [...]

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Apparently, this is a big enough story to make the front page of the Washington Post.  Forget Tickle Me Elmo and Webkinz, the hottest toy this year is a baby doll that actually poops.  Baby Alive comes with food you feed it, and then it pretends to poop.  Just like the real thing.
I don’t know, [...]

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History was made twice this week.  First, on Tuesday, Barack Obama was elected president.  Then, on Sunday, we shattered the record for sleeping in at SuburbanDaddy’s house and slept until 7:04am.  Who said lightning doesn’t strike twice?
I can’t understate how incredible this is.  All of the Things slept past 7 o’clock.  Even more important, I [...]

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I drive a Honda Odyssey minivan.  I actually like it.  Why shouldn’t I?  Because it’s not manly?  Please.  It’s not like the 4 door Civic I drove last year, before getting the minivan, was any more manly.  And I don’t care what car you’re driving, snot on your shirt and cheerios stuck to your [...]

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Dads are used to being the Rodney Dangerfield of parents. We don’t get no respect. Our culture is filled with reminders like Parenting Magazine’s tagline: “What matters to moms”.
Father’s Day provides the ultimate salt in the wound. BusinessWeek reports that in 2005, consumers spent $11 billion on Mother’s Day vs [...]

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My post about CafeMom discriminating against dads sparked quite a reaction from many CafeMom elitists members. I was called “CafeMom Spy” and “idiot”. Yikes.
I got some support from some of my dad peeps – Bill and Jason. And, lo and behold, I got supportive comments from some moms, too. [...]

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CafeMom bills itself as “the largest social-networking/community site for moms AND the leading women’s/parenting site on the internet”. Their other claim to fame is that Andrew Shue, of Melrose Place fame, is a co-founder.
SuburbanDaddy is a modern kind of guy, secure enough in his own parenting abilities and generally in touch with his mommy [...]

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